Nowhere 2019 Is Happening Tonight!

From the Nowhere 2019 Facebook Event Page:

NOWHERE was created out of necessity by MICHAEL RAVAGE of Columbus punk founding fathers SCREAMING URGE in 1978 as NOWHERE would have this new fangled “punk” sound in their venue. So he rented out a space and put on the show himself. 

NOWHERE miraculously survived 18 outings, giving artists and bands such as SCREAMING URGE, THE TRUE BELIEVERS, NAKED SKINNIES, THE JETS, JIM SHEPARD, DON HOWLAND, NEW BOMB TURKS, SCRAWL and more a place to play to great effect and acclaim! The last NOWHERE was in 1996. 

Now, over 20 years later, a small sect of new, young art and punk rockers have fallen in love with the NOWHERE ideal through coverage in THE OFFENSE book of books. Ian Graham reaches out to MICHAEL RAVAGE to bring NOWHERE back for its 19th edition in 2019. 

TWO STAGES! INCREDIBLE ACTS FROM THE PAST AND FUTURE!  

Friday, March 15th at Cafe Bourbon St./The Summit- ONLY $10! 

NOWHERE 2019:
CHEATER SLICKS
BABY LINDY AND THE DRUG MOTHERS
TWISTED SHOUTS
ERIK NERVOUS
OUIJA BOYS
DANA
BIG HOG
BURNING ITCH
MESSRS

614 Magazine: Where Did the Punk Rockers Go?

Interesting question posed by Chris Gaitten of 614 Magazine back in 2015:

In 2008, CDR released the first of the unheard stash, Tommy Jay’s Tall Tales of Trauma, from Tommy Jay, a member of the Quotas. Jay and Rep hailed from a tiny hamlet just south of Grove City called Harrisburg, where Jay had created a practice space and studio in his home. For decades, a rotating cast of musicians known as The Harrisburg Players rehearsed and recorded there, influencing and often comprising Columbus’s underground bands. 

CDR hit overdrive in 2009, starting a singles club in addition to the new releases, reissues, and previously unheard music. They distributed 16 records that year, often at the expense of relationships and showering, Smith said. Over time, they put out releases from lo-fi luminaries like Cheater Slicks, as well as the next generation of bands like Psychedelic Horseshit 

Their production levels decreased in subsequent years, as bands like Bassholes and Cheater Slicks only recorded new music every so often, and the unreleased Harrisburg stash was eventually tapped. Koe-Krompecher had revived Anyway, and other local labels like Superdreamer Records had begun popping up.